174 Maintenance Of Emigrants' Children

• Author: Ralph Hone
• Pages: #4

[CH.174.

CHAPTER 174.

MAINTENANCE OF EMIGRANTS' CHILDREN.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CHILDREN BY EMIGRANTS.

[7th May 1923.] 1. This Act may be cited as The Maintenance of Emigrants' Children Act.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires'child' means a person who, in the opinion of a magistrate, is under fourteen years of age;

   'parent' includes the mother of an illegitimate child.-.

3. Where it is made to appear to any magistrate upon oath that there is reasonable ground for believing that a parent is about to leave the Colony without making adequate provision for the maintenance and care during his absence of any child of his living in the Colony, it shall be lawful for such magistrate to issue a summons directed to such parent requiring him to appear before the magistrate at the time therein mentioned and to show cause why an order should not be made against him prohibiting him from leaving the Colony:

   3 of 1923.

   Short title.

   Interpretation.

   Proceedings against parent supposed to be about to leave the Colony without making provision for child.

   Provided that the magistrate may, if he thinks it expedient so to do, either in the first instance or subsequently to the issue of a summons issue a warrant addressed to the Commissioner of Police and all peace officers to apprehend such parent and iiiiVt- be >:

   brought before him or any other magistrate.

4. Where on the appearance of the parent before a magistrate it appears to the magistrate that the parent is about to leave the Colony, and the magistrate is not satisfied that the parent has made adequate provision for the maintenance and care of such child during his absence, the magistrate may, if he thinks it expedient so to do, order that such parent shall not leave the Colony.

   Power to magistrate to prohibit parent from leaving...